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Isn’t it uncanny how often significant conversations begin while seated around a table? Be they first coffee dates, university discussion groups, Sunday family lunches, funny stories shared around a campfire, or the significance of the wedding banquet across cultures worldwide, conversation grows relational connection, often facilitated by the sharing of food and drink. How can you begin a weekly practice of curated, intentional conversations, seated around a table of your choosing?

Here are a few questions to kickstart your conversation:

What insight has stuck with you this past month from reading the essay introducing Ordinary Time, “Conscious Partial Attention?”

How has your growing awareness of technological creep influenced your life and relationships?

What if we saw ourselves in the refugee and stranger, recognising our own journey from alien to citizen, from homeless in a strange land to welcomed into a new home?

Put more succinctly, what if we welcomed the alien among us as if we were God welcoming ourselves?

What if we actively loved our neighbour as ourself?

What if we built a longer table instead of a higher fence?

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